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10/7/09
Graduate Neuroscience Seminar Series

György Buzsáki, M.D., Ph.D.
Board of Governors Professor
Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience
Rutgers University

Title

Wednesday, October 7, 2009
4:10 p.m.
1220 MRB III (1st Floor Lecture Hall)

Abstract

Graduate Neuroscience Seminar Series

For additional information, contact Carol Wiley @ carol.wiley@vanderbilt.edu

10/7/08
CLINICAL BROWN BAG

Elizabeth Lunbeck, Ph.D.
Department of History
Vanderbilt University


Tuesday, October 7, 2008
316 Wilson Hall
12:00 Noon

History of Psychiatry

10/10/08 Developmental Lunch Bunch

DEVELOPMENTAL LUNCH BUNCH

 This Friday, Oct. 10 our speaker at Lunch Bunch will be Percival Matthews, talking about "Getting Solid on Concreteness."

There is currently much theorizing within psychology about what concrete examples may or may not be good for. Grounded representations are defined as "more concrete and familiar", educational psychologists seek to determine whether or not concrete manipulatives are appropriate for elementary for math education, and cognitive psychologists debate the merits of abstract versus concrete materials for learning and transfer more generally. Closer to home, our own Georgene Troseth recommends that we introduce complicated concepts with concrete examples. Unfortunately, few go so far as to answer the obvious question: What is a concrete example anyway? Is it something solid, that can be touched? Perhaps a visual depiction? An anecdote that one can easily relate to? Maybe just a simpler version of a complex equation?

In this talk, he will present some theory and preliminary research aimed at delimiting the concept of concreteness and the role that it plays in our understanding of symbols. He will argue that, while concreteness is often referred to in an off-hand way, it is of fundamental importance to our understanding of how symbols function.

Lunch Bunch is 12-1 in Hobbs 106. Feel free to bring a lunch!

10/10/08
Cognition & Cognitive Neuroscience Colloquium

Xingshan Li
Vanderbilt University
Postdoc - Logan Lab

October 10, 2008
4:00pm
115 Wilson Hall


The role of knowledge in whole report

In a whole report task, can knowledge affect the character report accuracy? Can knowledge affect the order of report? We conducted three experiments to explore these questions. In Experiment 1, we briefly presented four Chinese characters spaced equally in the four corners of a square, and asked subjects to report as many characters as possible. The display in 4/5 of the trials contained one two-character word, arrayed horizontally or vertically. The other 1/5 of the trials were controls, in which no characters constituted a word. We found that the characters belonging to a word were more likely to be reported and were reported earlier in time. Experiment 2 showed that a high-frequency word is more likely to be reported than a low-frequency word. Using the repetition priming paradigm, Experiment 3 found that a primed word is more likely to be reported than an unprimed word. These results showed that knowledge could affect character recognition accuracy and the order in which they are reported and affect attention in general.

 

 



10/15/08
Graduate Neuroscience Seminar Series/Vision Seminar Series

Andrew Hollingworth
Associate Professor
The University of Iowa
Department of Psychology

Title

Wednesday, October 15, 2008
4:10 p.m.
1220 MRB III (1st Floor Lecture Hall)

Abstract

Refreshments will be served at 3:45 p.m.

Sponsors:  Vanderbilt Vision Research Center (VVRC) and Vanderbilt Brain Institute (VBI)

For additional information, contact Gale Newton @ gale.newton@vanderbilt.edu

10/16/08
Neuroscience Seminar Series

Leslie Dowell
Vanderbilt University
Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences/Wallace Lab

Title

Thursday, October 16, 2008
12:00 p.m.
316 Wilson Hall

Abstract

Department of Psychology NEUROSCIENCE SEMINAR SERIES

For additional information, contact Carol WIley@carol.wiley@vanderbilt.edu

10/17/08
Cognition & Cognitive Neuroscience Colloquium

Markus Huff
Knowledge Media Research Centter
Tubingen, Germany

Friday, October 17, 2008
4:00 pm
115 Wilson Hall

Tracking multiple objects across abrupt viewpoint changes

Observers are able to track several independently moving objects among identically looking distractor objects. Multiple object tracking in a 3D-scene is robust against smooth movements of the whole scene, which has been taken as evidence that tracking mechanisms rely on scene-based coordinates. However, there is also evidence from experiments that studied the effects of display translations across the retina suggesting an important role of low-level mechanisms and retinocentric coordinates in multiple object tracking. In a series of experiments, we tested the effect of abrupt viewpoint changes on the attentional tracking of multiple objects in dynamic 3D-scenes. Abrupt viewpoint changes affect only retinocentric coordinates and - as our results show - impair tracking performance considerably if they exceed a certain amount. Small viewpoint changes seem to be compensated by low-level mechanisms. After large viewpoint changes, scene-based coordinates are used to recollect targets. We recorded observers' eye movements and explored the interplay of tracking mechanisms by varying the predictability of viewpoint changes, scene salience, and object visibility.

10/21/08
CLINICAL BROWN BAG

Terry Maroney, J.D., LL.M.
Law School
Vanderbilt University


Tuesday, October 21, 2008
316 Wilson Hall
12:00 Noon

Relevance of adolescent brain science to juvenile justice cases

10/23/08
Neuroscience Seminar Series

Peiyan Wong
Vanderbilt University
Department of Psychology/Kaas Lab

Title

Thursday, October 23, 2008
12:00 p.m.
316 Wilson Hall

Abstract

Department of Psychology NEUROSCIENCE SEMINAR SERIES

For additional information, contact Carol Wiley@carol.wiley@vanderbilt.edu

10/24/08
Cognition & Cognitive Neuroscience Colloquium


10/30/08
Neuroscience Seminar Series

Limin Chen, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University
Department of Imaging Sciences

Title

Thursday, October 30, 2008
12:00 p.m.
316 Wilson Hall

Abstract

Department of Psychology NEUROSCIENCE SEMINAR SERIES

For additional information, contact Carol Wiley@carol.wiley@vanderbilt.edu

10/30/08
Cognition & Cognitive Neuroscience Colloquium


11/4/08
CLINICAL BROWN BAG

Jeffrey Stovall, M.D.
Department of Psychiatry
Vanderbilt University

Tuesday, November 4, 2008
316 Wilson hall
12:00 Noon

Community Outreach in Psychiatry

11/6/08
Neuroscience Seminar Series

Jeremiah Cohen
Vanderbilt University
Department of Psychology/Schall Lab

Title

Thursday, November 6, 2008
12:00 p.m.
316 Wilson Hall

Abstract

Department of Psychology NEUROSCIENCE SEMINAR SERIES

For additional information, contact Carol Wiley@carol.wiley@vanderbilt.edu

11/7/08
Cognition & Cognitive Neuroscience Colloquium

Randolph Blake
Vanderbilt University
Department of Psychology

Friday, November 7, 2008
4:00 pm
Wilson Hall  (room # TBA)

Resolving conflicting ideas about visual conflict

Abstract:  TBA

11/13/08
Neuroscience Seminar Series

Carissa Cascio, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University
Department of Psychiatry

Title

Thursday, November 13, 2008
12:00 p.m.
316 Wilson Hall

Abstract

Department of Psychology NEUROSCIENCE SEMINAR SERIES

For additional information, contact Carol Wiley@carol.wiley@vanderbilt.edu

11/14/08
NO Cognition & Cognitive Neuroscience Colloquium this week


11/18/08
CLINICAL BROWN BAG

November 18, 2008

TBA

11/20/08
Neuroscience Seminar Series

Vivek Khatri, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University
Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences/Polley Lab

"Tales of Dr. Doolittle: Optimizing Rodent Cortical Circuits for Processing of Speech Sounds"

Thursday, November 20, 2008
12:00 p.m.
316 Wilson Hall

Abstract

Department of Psychology NEUROSCIENCE SEMINAR SERIES

For additional information, contact Carol Wiley@carol.wiley@vanderbilt.edu

11/21/08
Cognition & Cognitive Neuroscience Colloquium

Braden Purcell
Vanderbilt University
Department of Psychology

Friday, November 21, 2008
4:00 pm
115 Wilson Hall

Title: TBA
Abstract: TBA

11/27/08
Neuroscience Seminar Series

NO Neuroscience Seminar Series
Thanksgiving Holiday

12/2/08
CLINICAL BROWN BAG

Christopher Slobogin, J.D.
Law School
Vanderbilt University

Tuesday, December 2, 2008
316 Wilson Hall
12:00 Noon

Adjudicative and Mental Competence

12/4/08
Neuroscience Seminar Series

Mary Baldwin
Vanderbilt University
Department of Psychology/Kaas Lab

Thursday, December 4, 2008
12:00 p.m.
316 Wilson Hall

Abstract

Department of Psychology NEUROSCIENCE SEMINAR SERIES

For additional information, contact  Carol Wiley@carol.wiley@vanderbilt.edu

12/5/08
Cognition & Cognitive Neuroscience Colloquium

Melonie Williams
Vanderbilt University
Department of Psychology

Friday, December 5, 2008
4:00 pm
115 Wilson Hall

Title: TBA
Abstract: TBA

12/11/08
Neuroscience Seminar Series

Omar Gharbawie, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University
Department of Psychology/Kaas Lab

Title

Thursday, December 11, 2008
12:00 p.m.
316 Wilson Hall

Abstract

Department of Pyschology NEUROSCIENCE SEMINAR SERIES

For additional information, contact Carol Wiley@carol.wiley@vanderbilt.edu

12/12/08
Cognition & Cognitive Neuroscience Colloquium

Adriane Seiffert
Vanderbilt University
Department of Psychology

Friday, December 12, 2008
4:00 pm
115 Wilson Hall

1/19/09
Department of Economics

M. Keith Chen, PhD
Associate Professor of Economics
Yale School of Management

TItle

Monday, January 19, 2009
3:10 p.m.
Location - TBA

Abstract

For additional information, contact Carol Wiley @ carol.wiley@vanderbilt.edu


3/04/09
Graduate Neuroscience Seminar Series

Matthew Diamond, PhD
SISSA Tactile Perception and Learning Laboratory
Trieste, Italy

Title

Wednesday, March 4, 2009
4:10 p.m.
1220 MRB III (1st Floor Lecture Hall)

Abstract

Refreshments served at 3:45 p.m.

Sponsors:  Vanderbilt Center for Integrative and Cognitive Neuroscience (CICN) and Vanderbilt Brain Institute (VBI)

For additional information, contact Carol Wiley @ carol.wiley@vanderbilt.edu

3/16/09
Vision Seminar Series

Michael Goldberg
David Mahoney Professor of Brain and Behavior
in the Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry,
and the Center for Neurobiology and Behavior
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Title

Monday, March 16, 2009
4:10 pm
115 Wilson Hall

Abstract

Vision Seminar Series

Sponsor - Vanderbilt Vision Research Center (VVRC)

For additional information, contact Gale Newton @ gale.newton@vanderbilt.edu

3/25/09
Graduate Neuroscience Seminar Series

Howard Eichenbaum, PhD
University Professor and Chairman of Psychology
Director of Center for Memory and Brain
Director of Cognitive Neurobiology Laboratory
Department of Psychology
Boston University Medical Campus/Boston University School of Medicine

Title

Wednesday, March 25, 2009
4:10 p.m.
1220 MRB III (1st Floor Lecture Hall)

Abstract

Refreshments will be served at 3:45 p.m.

Sponsors:  Vanderbilt Center for Integrative and Cognitive Neuroscience (CICN) and Vanderbilt Brain Institute (VBI)

For additional information, contact Carol Wiley @ carol.wiley@vanderbilt.edu

5/20/09
Graduate Neuroscience Seminar Series/Vision Seminar Series

Mary M. Hayhoe
Professor
Department of Psychology
Center for Perceptual Systems
The University of Texas at Austin

Title

Wednesday, May 20, 2009
4:10 pm
1220 MRB III (1st Floor Lecture Hall)

Abstract

Refreshments served at 3:45 pm

Sponsors:  Vanderbilt Vision Research Center (VVRC) and Vanderbilt Brain Institute (VBI)

For additional information, contact Gale Newton @ gale.newton@vanderbilt.edu

10/7/2009
Graduate Neuroscience Seminar Series

Gyorgy Buzsaki, MD, PhD
Board of Governors Professor
Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience
Rutgers University

Title

Wednesday, October 7, 2009
4:10 p.m.
1220 MRB III (1st Floor Lecture Hall)

Abstract

Refreshments served at 3:45 p.m.

Sponsors:  Vanderbilt Center for Integrative and Cognitive Neuroscience (CICN) and Vanderbilt Brain Institute (VBI)

For additional information, contact Carol Wiley @  carol.wiley@vanderbilt.edu


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